Where do you keep your bankroll?

[DaveShoelace]

Hello all,

I'm doing a bit of research for my own personal benefit, but I think I might be able to turn it into an interesting magazine article for one of the mags I write for.

Basically it is about where is the best place to keep your poker bankroll? For example, most of my bankroll is in an ING savings account accruing 5% interest. I only ever keep about 3 grand sterling in any poker room at any one time as I dont see the point in keeping any more in than that. Plus, in the past I have put money into a poker room, took it out months later and got significantly shafted because of change in the exchange rate. I tend to take winnings out monthly and bung it all in the savings account.

But I know loads of people who seem to keep 100% or at least a lot of their bankroll in the one poker room they use. To me this doesnt make much sense - it isnt accruing interest, a bad moment of tilt and you could lose the lot and you never know if a poker room could go bust or for some other reason freeze your money.

I know a few americans who used to keep their money in Neteller so they could move it around with ease, only to not have access to it for months last year.

Then of course I know loads of live players who are totally reckless with their money. There are guys who walk around all the time with their entire bankroll, I seem to recall hearing a story about a guy who sold his car with £10,000 in the glove compartment, etc etc.

So just really want to get a thread going to get me started. Where do you keep (most of) your bankroll and why? Any funny/nightmare stories etc.

cheers

Barry

[boldie]

I used to keep all my dosh in a poker account (Stars mainly) but Tilt only needs to strike ones and you're in BIG bankroll trouble.

Now I keep most of it in a Neteller account. I mainly play on Blonde and have a player account in £'s so am not affected by any swings in the $ market.

[TightEnd]

I too keep most of my role in neteller

and keep more of my role in £ on blonde than anywhere else

[kinboshi]

I too keep most of my role in neteller

and keep more of my role in £ on blonde than anywhere else

 

[Mango99]

As a perpetually losing player I don't have a roll. I finance my playing through wages and try to keep a rough track of how much I'm down. In fact, it's unlikely I'll be playing any major events this year as aside from one large cash last year ($30k), I pretty much sucked at every event I entered.

[Colchester Kev]

in my sock drawer, hidden at the very back ....... ooooooops !!

[boldie]

in my sock drawer, hidden at the very back ....... ooooooops !!

Nah Ginger already spent all of that on fluffy dice for the new car

[TightEnd]

As a perpetually losing player I don't have a roll. I finance my playing through wages and try to keep a rough track of how much I'm down. In fact, it's unlikely I'll be playing any major events this year as aside from one large cash last year ($30k), I pretty much sucked at every event I entered.

www.alcoholicsanonymous.org

[Colchester Kev]

She has just said she needs to pop upstairs to sort out the odd socks !!!


godammittttttt !!!

[kinboshi]

As a perpetually losing player I don't have a roll. I finance my playing through wages and try to keep a rough track of how much I'm down. In fact, it's unlikely I'll be playing any major events this year as aside from one large cash last year ($30k), I pretty much sucked at every event I entered.

www.alcoholicsanonymous.org

https://ctstatements.bristol-city.gov.uk/

[Mango99]

As a perpetually losing player I don't have a roll. I finance my playing through wages and try to keep a rough track of how much I'm down. In fact, it's unlikely I'll be playing any major events this year as aside from one large cash last year ($30k), I pretty much sucked at every event I entered.

www.alcoholicsanonymous.org

Aye, truth in jest and all that. I am going to do an Andy Fordham this year and play all events I enter stone-cold sober. I believe drinking should be kept to pubs and clubs, and not at the poker table (quite a big change of view for me - not sure how long it will last...)

[TightEnd]

Good for you Matt, be interested to see how that works for you..£ wise

[Longy]

I keep 20 buyins in my main site and withdraw the excess on a monthly basis into a poker only bank account, from there i shift enough into my main bank account to pay for day to day life.

I do keep an eye on the exchange rate as im playing in $ these days and basically move it out if the exchange looks favourable. When i played on party i use to have my account in sterling which is what everyone should do as party shaft on the exchange rate.

[Dewi_cool]

As a perpetually losing player I don't have a roll. I finance my playing through wages and try to keep a rough track of how much I'm down. In fact, it's unlikely I'll be playing any major events this year as aside from one large cash last year ($30k), I pretty much sucked at every event I entered.

www.alcoholicsanonymous.org

Thanks Tighty

[Graham C]

I keep mine in my Neteller account.   I can't really take it out cos it's all in good old US Dollars and I'll get peanuts for it if I do.   I keep a bit in my poker accounts but mainly just transfer back and forth to Neteller.

Blonde has the most money in it.  Not my poker bit, but the other bit because I can't for the life of me work out how to get it back to Neteller!  I've tried shipping it but it only seems to go from Sports book (or whatever it is these days) to poker account and visa versa.